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Data Protection Brexit Checklist: Businesses Can Rely on Personal Data Transfer Grace Period

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

As the Brexit transition period draws to a close, businesses will need to consider their data protection efforts to comply with both UK and EU regimes. The end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December 2020 will have several data protection consequences....

Michigan Governor Signs Open Meetings Act Amendment Extending Sunset for Electronic Public Meetings

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

On December 23, 2020, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law Senate Bill 1246, extending the authority for public bodies to conduct electronic "virtual" meetings for any reason through March 31, 2021.

Providing COVID-19 Leave In 2021: It’s An Option

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, providing funding for the government as well as COVID-19 relief.

"Dark Patterns" Make Their Appearance in California's New Privacy Law

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

Last fall, California voters approved Proposition 24, thereby enacting the California Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). As DWT noted the day after the election, "CPRA amends the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in subtle and significant ways …."...

Rehearing Recently Sought in South Carolina Appeals Court Case That May Affect the Priority of Refinance Mortgages

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

The South Carolina Court of Appeals rejected the replacement mortgage doctrine on Nov. 25, 2020 and held a home equity line of credit had priority over a subsequent mortgage that secured refinancing of a mortgage prior in time and senior to the HELOC. In ArrowPointe Federal Credit Union v.

Court of Appeals rules against hospitals in price transparency case

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

On December 29, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Trump Administration’s hospital price transparency rule in a 2-0 decision.

Congress and the President Approve $284 Billion Second Round of Paycheck Protection Program Loans In Support of Struggling Small Businesses

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

In the waning evening hours of December 21, 2020, Congress passed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” a new, comprehensive COVID-19 relief bill. The bill passed by a wide margin with bi-partisan support, with votes of 92-6 in the Senate, and 359-53 in the House....

$50M Jury Verdict Overturned on Appeal Because Evidence of Autism Excluded at Trial: Hinshaw's Annual Guide to Key Illinois Medical Malpractice Litigation: 2020 Edition

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

Did a trial court err in excluding evidence of subsequent formal diagnosis of autism when potentially alternative cause of current condition of minor? Julien Florez v.

BIS Amended the EAR to Treat Hong Kong the Same as China

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Dec. 23, 2020, amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to remove Hong Kong as a separate destination listed in the EAR....

Coronavirus: President Trump Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; Summary of the Tax Provisions

By EsqSocial Corporation 30/12/20

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). The Act enhances and expands certain provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) (H.R. 748).

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